Chicken Schnitzels are a favourite with all our children. It is also a great meal to make and have the kids involved in the preparation of the food – there is all the dipping, pressing and crumbing that kids can have fun with.
Chicken Schnitzel Recipe
Ingredients:
- 750 grams chicken breast
- 4 cups breadcrumbs
- 6 large eggs
- 3 large carrots
- 2 cups peas
- 8 large potatoes
- 4 corn
- 200ml vegetable oil
Instructions:
- Prepare vegetables. Shuck corn. Cube potatoes. Slice carrots.
- Slice chicken breasts in half (width ways). My children prefer thinner schnitzels.
- Cut chicken into schnitzel size pieces that you would like – the chicken does flatten and will increase in size when cooked.
- Place water in steamer and bring to the boil (I have a large double steamer that fits all the veggies in).
- Lightly beat eggs in a bowl and pour a generous amount of bread crumbs into a shallow dish.
- Piece by piece, dip the chicken into the egg mixture, draining off excess.
- Place piece into breadcrumbs and ensure that the entire piece of breasts is covered with breadcrumbs.
- To make a thicker outer crust, I repeat this process twice for each piece.
- Once all pieces have been completed, place in fridge for approx 15 minutes. I find that this helps the breadcrumbs stay attached to the chicken!
- Place corn and potatoes onto steamer.
- Add oil to a large pan so the base is covered by a couple of millimetres and heat to a moderate temperature.
- When oil is hot, add chicken to the pan and press down with an egg lifter.
- Cook for a 4-5 minutes, so that crumbs turn golden then turn over. Press down and cook for another 4-5 minutes.
- Once cooked, remove from pan and drain on some absorbent paper.
- Repeat this until all chicken is cooked.
- 10 minutes before the food is ready to be served add carrots and peas to the second level of the steamer.
- Serve chicken with steamed vegetables and any gravy or sauces that you like.
Are your kids fans of Chicken Schnitzel?
Our Family Menu Plan for this week.
Baking: Chocolate Balls
Monday: Mexibake
Tuesday: Meal from the freezer from our wonderful baby bundle.
Wednesday: Porcupine Meatballs
Thursday: Family Meat Pie
Friday: Tuna Rice
Saturday: Chicken Schnitzel and Steamed Vegetables
Sunday: Chicken and Creamed Vegetable Soup
If you like the look of this family menu plan, then you use this Family Shopping List created by The Planning With Kids Free Menu Planner or you can select your meals yourself and print our your own shopping list from the Free Menu Planner.
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we love chicken schnitzels at our house – I’m going to put them on this week’s menu plan thanks for the idea
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Yummm – crumbed stuff tastes good. I even eat fish like this…and I like it. I planned this week. I know, freaky.
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